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Ind. p. 418). Prain states that a strain natural to or acclimatised 

 in a particular district gives better results in that district than any 

 freshly imported seed (I.e.). 



Rotation crops are advisable, but catch crops cannot be grown 

 with jute. In India it is stated to grow very well in rotation with 

 rice and potatoes. On low-lying land a good crop of Aman Paddy 

 can be obtained, while on high irrigable land potatoes may be 

 grown after jute in the same year (Smith, in Agric. Journ. Ind. 

 April, 1907, p. 150). It would require some experiments before 

 deciding on the best rotation crops suitable for Nigeria, although 

 in view of the requirements of jute the choice would probably be 

 a limited one. 



Ref. — Spon's Encycl. Industr. Arts, Div. iii. 1881, Cultivation, 

 Preparation, &c, pp. 940-945; I.e. Div. i v. "Jute Manufactures," 

 pp. 117C-1186, illustrated.— Diet. Econ. Prod. Ind. ii. 1889, pp. 535- 

 539 ; I.e. iv. 1890, pp. 558-560, reproduced in Handbook No. 5, 

 1892, Imp. Inst. Series, pp. 1-22.—" Comm. Fibres," Morris, in 

 Journ. Soc. Arts, xliii. 1895, pp. 906-907. — " Systematic Account 

 of the Jute Fibre as the typical lignocellulose," in Cellulose, an 

 Outline of the Chemistry of the Structural Elements of Plants, 

 Cross and Bevan, p. 109 (Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1895). — 

 " Methods of Harvesting Jute and Preparing it for the Market," 

 in Agric. Ledger No. 37, 1896, pp. l-38.-Descr. Cat, Useful Fib. 

 PI. of the World, Dodge, Rep. No. 9, 1897, pp. 125-133, U.S. Dept. 

 Agric. Fib. Investigations. — " Preparation of Jute," in Tech. Rep. 

 and Sci. Papers, Imp. Inst. 1903, pp. 60-68. — " Two varieties of 

 Indian Jute offered for sale on the London Market," I.e. pp. 86- 

 88. — " Jute ou Gunny," in PL Util. Congo, De Wildeman, Art. xvi. 

 pp. 199-221.—" The Cultivation of Jute and Similar Fibres," in 

 Bull. Imp. Inst. 1905, pp. 251-262, with note on " The Prospects 

 of Jute Growing in West Africa," and " Jute Substitutes." — 

 " The extension of Jute Cultivation in India," Finlow, in Bull. 

 Agric. Research Inst. Pusa, July, 1906, pp. 1-46. — " On three 

 varieties of Corchorus cajmilaris, Linn., which are eaten," 

 Burkill and Finlow, in Journ. and Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 1907, 

 pp. 633-638. — " Insect Pests of Jute," Lefroy, in Agric. Journ. Ind. 

 April, 1907, pp. 109-115, with illustrations of the Jute Semi Looper 

 (Plate X.) and the Jute Weevil (Fig. 1, p. 115). — "Jute Experiments 

 in Bengal," Smith, I.e. pp. 140-160.—" The Races of Jute," Burkill 

 and Finlow, in Agric. Ledger, No. 6, 1907, pp. 41-137. — " Jute and 

 Similar Fibres," in Bull. Imp. Inst. 1907, pp. 2-4.—" Extension of 

 the Cultivation of Jute and Similar Fibres in India," I.e. pp. 266- 

 269. — " Jute Substitutes from the Nyasaland Protectorate," I.e. 

 pp. 374-378. — " Jute and Jute Substitutes from West Africa," I.e. 

 1908, pp. 126-135.— Comm. Prod. Ind. Watt, 1908, pp. 405 427 ; 

 dealing with the cultivation, areas of production, separation of 

 the fibre, grading, baling, qualities, manufactures, trade, &c. 



Corchorus olitorius, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 262. 



Ill— Trew, PI. rar. t. 4 ; Lam. Encycl. t. 478 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2810 ; 

 Schnizlein, Ic. t. 212, f. 25 (fruit) ; Vidal, Fl. For. Filip. t. 20 A ; 

 Zippel, Ausl. Handels. Nahrpflan. t. 30 ; Revue Cult. Col. i. 1897, 

 p. 79 ; Journ. Proc. As. Soc. Beng. December 1907, p. 637 (leaf in 

 comparison with capsularis and vars.). 



